‎LESAGE, P. C. (EDT.).‎
‎Recueil de Divers Mémoires Extraits de la Bibliotheque Imperiale Des Ponts et Chaussees, A L'usage De MM. Les Ingenieurs. 2 Vols.‎

‎Paris, Firmin Didot, 1810. Large 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. 2 engraved portraits as frontispieces (perronet a. Le Sage).(4),II,296"(2),XVI,324,(2) pp. and 37 fine folded engraved plates.‎

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‎First edition. The first volume contains interesting memoirs on civil engineering in England, including views of houses in Picadilly and Oxford Street, and the second a translation of Smeaton's account of the Eddystone Lighthouse, with 4 platess reengraved. There is also a fine folding view of the Place and Pont de la Concorde, Paris, after Desprez.""(Henry Sotheran).‎